The NFL suspended Detroit's All-Pro
defensive tackle on Tuesday for roughing up a Green Bay Packers player
in front of a national television audience during a loss on Thanksgiving
Day. Suh will miss Sunday night's game at New Orleans and a Dec. 11
home game against Minnesota and he won't be paid until he is reinstated
Dec. 12.

Suh called NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell on Sunday to apologize, but it didn't seem to help. He has three
days to appeal the suspension and if he does, the league plans to
expedite the hearing to make a decision before the Lions play the
Saints.

"We respect the process the league
undertook in order to arrive at this decision," the Lions said in a
statement before Tuesday afternoon's practice. The team will have a
roster exception during Suh's suspension.

Message seeking comment were left by
The Associated Press with Suh's agent and sister. Suh can't practice or
be at the Lions' practice facility during the suspension.

Earlier this season, the reigning NFL
Defensive Rookie of the Year requested a meeting with Goodell to discuss
his play after he drew several penalties. Suh said he had a better
understanding of the rules after that meeting.

Instead, he will be watching his
teammates scramble to keep up in the NFC wild-card race after what the
league was his fifth violation of on-field rules in his first two years
in the NFL.